Shahpura State

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{{short description|Former Indian princely state}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2015}}
{{Infobox former subdivision
|native_name = शाहपुरा रियासत
|conventional_long_name =State of Shahpura
|common_name =Shahpura
|nation = [[British India]]
|status_text = [[Princely State]]
|era =
|year_start = 1629
|date_start =
|event_start=
|year_end = 1949
|date_end =
|event_end= [[Independence of India]]
|event1 =
|date_event1 =
|p1 =
|s1 = India
|flag_p1 =
|flag_s1 = Flag of India.svg
|image_flag = Flag of Shahpura.svg
|image_coat =
|image_map = Jhalawar-Tonk map.jpg
|image_map_caption = Shahpura State in the [[Imperial Gazetteer of India]]
|stat_area1 = 1048
|stat_year1 = 1931
|stat_pop1 = 54,233
|today = [[Rajasthan]], [[India]]
|footnotes =
}}
[[File:Sri Umaid Singhji - Shahpura Plate 1876.jpg|thumb|Maharaja Sri Umaid Singh II (1876–1955).]]
The '''State of Shahpura''' or '''Princely State of Shahpura'''<ref>[http://www.indianrajputs.com/view/shahpura_state Shahpura (Princely State)]</ref> was a [[princely state]] in [[Shahpura, Bhilwara]] during the era of [[British India]]. Its relations with the British were managed by the [[Rajputana Agency]]. The last ruler of Shahpura signed the accession to join the [[Dominion of India|Indian Union]] in 1949.

The [[Haraoti-Tonk Agency]], with headquarters at [[Deoli, Rajasthan|Deoli]], dealt with the states of [[Tonk State|Tonk]] and Bundi, as well as with the estate of Shahpura.<ref>''Imperial Gazetteer of India vol. IV'' (1907), The Indian Empire, Administrative, Published under the authority of His Majesty's Secretary of State for India in Council, Oxford at the Clarendon Press. Pp. xxx, 1 map, 552</ref><ref>{{cite EB1911 |wstitle=Rajputana |volume=22 |page=866}}</ref>

== History ==
In 1629 the Phulia estate ''[[jagir]]'' was given to a Sisodia prince called Sujan Singh by The Maharana of Mewar.

Its rulers bore the title of "Raja" but were later bestowed with the title of "Raja Dhiraj" by the Maharana of Mewar. In 1908 the average revenue of the state was Rs.3,00,000. The Raja Dhiraj of Shahpura was entitled to a [[Salute state|9 gun salute]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V22_229.gif|title = Imperial Gazetteer2 of India, Volume 22, page 223 -- Imperial Gazetteer of India -- Digital South Asia Library}}</ref>
===Raja Dhiraj's===
* 1706 – 27 December 1729 Bharat Singh (d. 1730)
*27 Dec 1729 – 13 January 1769 Umaid Singh I (d. 1769)
*14 Jan 1769 – 29 May 1774 Ram Singh (d. 1774)
*29 May 1774 – 19 May 1796 Bhim Singh (b. c.1715 – d. 1796)
*19 May 1796 – 7 July 1827 Amar Singh (b. 1784 – d. 1827)
*19 May 1796 – ''c.'' 1802 .... -Regent
* 7 July 1827 – 5 June 1845 Madho Singh (b. 1813 – d. 1845)
* 5 June 1845 – 23 June 1853 Jagat Singh (b. 1837 – d. 1853)
* 5 June 1845 – 18.. Rani Khangarotji (f) -Regent
*15 Jul 1853 – 2 December 1869 Lakshman Singh (b. 1852 – d. 1869)
*23 Jun 1853 – 21 April 1870 Rani Mertaniji (f) -Regent (b. c.1832 – d. 1916)
*21 Apr 1870 – 24 June 1932 [[Nahar Singh of Shahpura|Sir Nahar Singh]] (b. 1855 – d. 1932) (from 1 January 1903, Sir Nahar Singh)
*21 Apr 1870 – 3 March 1876 Rani Mertaniji (f) -Regent (s.a.)
*24 Jun 1932 – 3 February 1947 Umaid Singh II (b. 1876 – d. 1955)
*3 Feb 1947 – 15 August 1947 Sudharshandev Singh (b. 1915 – d. 1992)

==See also==
*[[Rajputana Agency]]
==References==
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==External links==
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[[Category:Bhilwara district]]
[[Category:Princely states of Rajasthan]]
[[Category:1629 establishments in India]]
[[Category:1949 disestablishments in India]]
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[[Category:Rajputs]]

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